Testimonials
Chambers Group has received numerous commendations from our clients. The following excerpts illustrate the level of Client satisfaction that we strive to achieve in all our projects.
Laurence W. Spanne, Chief, Cultural Resources, Vandenberg Air
Force Base
“Chambers Group has a long history of professional involvement with the Cultural Resources Program at Vandenberg Air Force Base beginning with projects in the early to mid-1980s. My experience has always been very positive and Chambers Group staff has impressed me with its collective skill and professionalism. Chambers Group has consistently performed well and produced high quality products in their work here at Vandenberg. Chambers Group has successfully completed a wide variety of cultural projects. These included complex archaeological surveys, construction monitoring, test excavations, data recovery and associated reports. In the 1990s, they teamed with Science Applications International Corporation under the National Park Service Contract to complete our first base wide archaeological survey of 98,000 acres. Their performance here has been outstanding and they currently have assembled a highly competent and dependable staff capable of successfully completing virtually any type of cultural resource investigation.”
John Arnau, South Region Landfills Project, County of Orange, Integrated Waste Management Department.
“In the five years that I have been at IWMD, we have worked with six or seven different biological consulting firms. In my short time working with Chambers Group, from a regulatory perspective, they have clearly been the best of these firms in providing IWMD with alternative strategies and solutions, when we enter uncharted resource agency regulatory waters. I also like the fact that the majority of their advice is clear, concise and is based on either their day-to-day working knowledge of the regulations, and how they are implemented, and/or by what worked for their other clients that had a similar set of circumstances.”
Robert Sleppy, California Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Environmental Services Section
“We are still moving at a very effective pace to complete the necessary steps in the state and federal process required to initiate construction of the new veterans homes in 2007 [Saticoy and Lancaster in Ventura and Los Angeles counties]. On behalf of this office, as well as the many veterans we hope this project will serve, please allow me to extend my appreciation to the many folks on the project team that helped achieve this milestone including … Chambers Group. While there is certainly a ways to go, release of the Final EIR/EA is one important accomplishment for in this project.”
Robert Sleppy, California Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Environmental Services Section
“Corrections and Mental Health acted today to formally approve the Perimeter Security Fence, Temporary Forensic Housing, and Electrical Upgrade projects at Patton State Hospital. The approval of the environmental impact report by both agencies allows each of these three critically needed projects to proceed into the final design phases and/or mobilization of the temporary housing facilities. The security project will provide a new double fence around two major housing units within the hospital; it replaces the existing substandard single fence and guard posts. The temporary forensic housing facilities are necessary to provide space until the Coalinga Hospital is completed. The new fence and temporary increase in housing of forensic patients were both initially very controversial with the surrounding community and city of San Bernardino elected officials.
“The EIR was prepared under an extremely aggressive schedule due to a possibility DoF would pull funding for the new security perimeter. With the quick approval by the two departmental directors, we are still on the schedule that was committed to late last summer.
“Jane Hershberger, a senior environmental planner from ESS, directed preparation of the EIR. A100percent DVBE environmental consultant, the Chambers Group, prepared the documents and supporting studies, as well as assisted on public involvement. While we always expect a lot of RESD staff and our consultants, this effort was nearly without parallel given the EIR had to address three projects, it was prepared for two public agencies, the potential for extreme public controversy was a constant, and the schedule was impossible. The public outreach and involvement efforts were directed to nearly the entire city of San Bernardino, which consistently has serious concerns about the hospital. I believe the public outreach was one of the most successful efforts we’ve directed.
“I want to thank all of our staff, consultants, and clients for an exceptionally successful effort, especially Jane Hershberger and staff of the Chambers Group. Team work does work! It’s times like these that make me proud to work here.”
James R. Nestor of the Laguna Beach County Water District:
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Chambers Group for exceptional work in the environmental process for the Top of the World Reservoir project. Your staff has been very professional in their approach to the work and helpful in getting a critical project approved in a very environmentally sensitive area. Even those opposed to the project commented that the Environmental Impact Report for this project was one of the best they had seen.”
Ms. Mary Griggs of the California State Lands Commission:
“Chambers Group completed an EIR/EIS for the Mojave-Kern River Natural Gas Pipeline which was proposed from Wyoming to Arizona and west to California, a distance of approximately 830 miles. The document prepared by Chambers Group identified over 156 mitigation measures, which were incorporated into the Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) for this project. Chambers Group was subsequently retained to implement the MMP.”
“Chambers Group not only prepared the MMP to track all 156 measures, but also provided a monitoring team… Monitoring efforts occurred concurrently in the states of Utah, Nevada, and California. Each agency received detailed weekly reports that documented all activities. When changes to a mitigation measure were necessary, Chambers Group coordinated with all appropriate agencies. Chambers Group’s performance under this contract has been excellent and we would certainly be confident in recommending them highly for similar contracts.”
Regarding Chambers Groups work on the EIR for Unocal’s lease to continue operating its marine terminal in San Francisco Bay, Ms. Griggs wrote:
“Chambers Group deserves credit for a job well done. The document deals with a wide array of sensitive issues, yet the Commission received only four letters of comment during the public comment period. Chambers Group met all deadlines, always responsive to our need to change impact scenarios and analysis. Chambers Group has worked for the Commission on many occasions. They continue to provide an excellent professional product, on schedule and one that is legally defensible. We would not hesitate to use Chambers Group for any upcoming project or to recommend them to others for such purposes.”
Colonel Harold Fuller of Fort Irwin issued Chambers Group the following commendation:
“For exceptional service and dedication to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Chambers Group hosted several conferences and later produced numerous revisions to the NTC’s Biological Assessment. The major rewrites and fast-paced agenda were met due to the dedicated professionals at Chambers Group who often worked long hours to keep the schedule. Please extend my sincere appreciation to your staff, the project managers, the superb graphics personnel, and the outstanding word processor operators. They are a super team.”
Kelly McBride, ROW Manager, Otay River Constructors, SR125 Gap/Connector Project, San Diego:
“The SR 125 Project was a difficult project that had many stakeholders involvement. Chambers Group was diverse in their expertise and in their capabilities to perform different types of tasks for multiple disciplines. Chambers Group demonstrated a thorough understanding technically and professionally. They submitted very technically sound and professional reports and documents. The qualified biologists that monitored and developed the reports, plans and training program were exceptional in addressing a variety of audiences. They were also very responsive to responding to comments from the owner and governing agencies. Chambers Group was always courteous and professional when dealing with difficult situations and/or potential problems.”
Peter Hersh, Assistant to the City Manager, City of Irvine, General Plan Amendment and Zone Change for the Millennium Plan, Phase II:
“From the beginning, this has been a complex project with tight deadlines and no room for error. With your help, the entire consultant team worked together and accomplished the City’s goal. Your firm responded to the challenge and provided work products that were thoroughly researched, technically competent, and professionally prepared. Everyone in your organization should take pride in having delivered exceptional results.”
Jacques Lord, Senior Project Manager at Kleinfelder, wrote regarding Chambers work on the San Marcos Landfill Restoration Project:
“Chambers has provided exceptional Revegetation Consulting for the very technically challenging San Marcos Landfill Closure. The project has had numerous problems due to design specifications that are too generic and require interpretation. Chambers has been near flawless in providing Kleinfelder with timely and accurate interpretation of the specification intention as regarding revegetation. Chambers has been on time or early with submissions and deliverables.”
Claire L. Flynn, Associate Planner at the City of Costa Mesa, wrote regarding Chambers work on the Fairview Park Bike Trails Project:
“An important project milestone has been achieved! FHWA has signed the NEPA environmental clearance for the Fairview Park Bike Trails project. Failure to secure environmental clearance would have jeopardized securing a $250,000 grant for this project…. This project involved managing three different consultant contracts (two bio and one archaeo) and preparing NEPA and CEQA environmental documents for approval by Federal & State agencies. Racing against a grant deadline to satisfy NEPA requirements and Section 106 (Archaeological permit) requirements is no easy task. I thought we could all bask in the glow of this important milestone. Thanks to all on this project team that worked to make this possible, including … Chambers Group.”
Chambers Group has also received notable accolades from current and past clients. A representative sampling of out quotes follows:
“The Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has utilized Chambers Group under various Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts since the late 1980s. These contracts have included providing environmental services in support of both military and civil works projects.
“Chambers Group has consistently produced highly technical documents of excellent quality. Their studies have been completed using the most appropriate methodologies for obtaining the desired data. They also utilize the latest technology for the data collection and analysis, including Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems.
“Chambers Group has been very conscientious about adhering to the contractual and technical requirements in the delivery orders that have been awarded to them. If there was a need to deviate from the original scope of work, possibly due to unforeseen circumstances, Chambers Group has always been quick to contact the Corps for concurrence. Chambers Group has also adhered to the demanding schedules required by many of the Corps clients. With their staff, they have depth and breadth to handle the highly complex projects within the established schedules and budgets. Chambers Group’s project managers are committed to the successful administration of contracts and are very conscientious about cost controls and client satisfaction. Modifications of the original delivery orders have rarely been initiated by the Chambers Group. When modification have been required, they were primarily due to changes in the scope of work that was requested by clients.
“The Los Angeles District has been very satisfied with the Chambers Group’s performance in the past decade of service they have provided the Corps. We anticipate that they will continue to provide exceptional service and quality products in their future performance for the Los Angeles District.”
– Ruth B. Villalobos
Chief, Environmental Resources Branch
Los Angeles District,
Corps of Engineers
“Chambers Group deserves credit for a job well done. During the evolution of this project, which has included several mining plan changes from the applicant, many complex issues have arisen and Chambers Group has been there to help in resolving issues and working with staff to produce a quality document that is technically defensible.”
– Elena Misquez
Acting Field Manager
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
“Chambers Group has been conscientious in conforming to the technical and contractual requirements stated in the scope of work for various projects. They have been flexible in scheduling field work on short notice and in response to quick turnaround projects. They have mobilized large teams of technical staff in order to complete field surveys within limited time frames. Chambers Group has also responded to requests for additional services or for information in a timely manner.
“They are conscientious about cost controls. The scope of work has been detailed enough that the costing has been accurate. Chambers Group’s administration of the current contracts has been very straight forward and non-controversial.
“We have been satisfied with the services provided by Chambers Group over the past five years. Chambers Group has been repeatedly selected to perform services based on their past performance and their technical knowledge of the resources.”
– Harry W. Stone
Director of Public Works
County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Works
“From the beginning, this has been a complex project with tight deadlines and no room for error. With your help, the entire consultant team worked together and accomplished the City’s goal. Chambers Group responded to the challenge and provided work products that were thoroughly researched, technically competent, and professionally prepared. Everyone in your organization should take pride in having delivered exceptional results.”
– Peter Hersh
City of Irvine
Assistant to the City Manager
